The Continuum is founded by the first three colonies of humanity after the Crossing. The first three member worlds are the Venera, New Breton and Dunamis colonies, which were also the first three worlds that humanity settled on. The Continuum now uses Ship Standard as its common clock denomination (Ship Standard is based on Earth's time system) and uses the Continuum denomination to count the years (Continuum Year 1, or C.01, started after the Venera, Dunamis and New Breton colonies established contact with each other on 2964 A.D). The Continuum currently has 37 member worlds, 106 subsidiary worlds (these worlds are recognized as allies but do not receive same privileges as the member worlds), and 12 contact worlds (known to exist but no formal diplomatic talks yet). The Continuum is yet to encounter any sentient alien species (fueling speculation that we are truly alone in this universe), and multiple expeditions have been sent to map out the Milky Way galaxy. The Continuum plans to send its first batch of expeditions by A.D. 3130 to the Andromeda galaxy once the construction of the Sagittarius Megajump gate is completed.
@Ephwurd I am creating a space DREADNAUGHT!!!
@Clawsome that's exactly what I mean :)
The jump gate sounds like a star gate:) (or the teleportation things in galaxy on fire which copied star gate)
@JoddyFubuki788 we'll try :)
Just a bit more faster... but safe enough... @Ephwurd
@JoddyFubuki788 yes just like that! But not faster than light
Like in Star Wars or even Star Trek aye? @Ephwurd
@JoddyFubuki788 we don't atually move across space when using hyperdrives, we move the space around us! That means we don't move at 210,000 km/s, but the space moves around us at 210,000 km/s. But yeah such speeds are deadly if your ship has no inertial dampeners
Must be more than enough to make someone unconcious or even died due to pressures... @Ephwurd
@Ephwurd but if humanity ever finds the proper fuel to powed the hyperdrives to beyond lightspeed, then the aliens we would meet in the future will call us gods
@JoddyFubuki788 pretty fast, isn't it?
@JoddyFubuki788 there's no advancing the anti-matter, its impossible (for real though), and there may be no need to upgrade the hyperdrives as jump gated are already there
@spefyjerbf thanks!
Km/s huh? And.... we'll need to advance the antimatter or switch it's fuel... @Ephwurd
@JoddyFubuki788 the fastest hyperdrives can only go to about 0.7 C (70% lightspeed) and 0.7 C is about 210,000 km/s. Faster hyperdrives consume a lot of antimatter, and antimatter doesn't go well with hyperdrives that travel faster than light
Must be a dangerous gamble if we use stars... wait about the coalitions... 3 worlds... are they all befriended each other? @Ephwurd
Awesome.
@JoddyFubuki788 if the jump gate's gravity wells can't handle the fluxes then it can collapse the wormhole... no there are more than three worlds (read above) and there are plenty of jump gates scattered between the member worlds (powered by either a star or fusion cores). What I described is the concept of operation of a jump gate and its risks/drawbacks
That will be a great 3rd way to solve, Hyperdrives with advanced powers, i think it should has same speed just like CFA-49Mk.XV (10000+mph) @Ephwurd
If we use nearby star, it is too risky, because it can create the black hole and become the problem for all 3 worlds right? @Ephwurd
@JoddyFubuki788 an experiment in usng anti-matter as jump gate fuel (the same fuel used in modern hyperdrives) is currently conducted but is yet to yield results.
@JoddyFubuki788 the problem with the fusion cores is that the power required to open a gate is equal to the amount of power the cores contain. (A basic jump gate is powered by 18 fusion cores. Each core can power a ship as large as the Feral Sphinx for around 120 years. And a single use of a jump gate can deplete these 18 cores with a lifespan of around 120 years each in about a minute.) But considering that buying a fusion core on that time is equivalent to buying 135 car batteries in 2016, this may be a good choice.
Maybe Fusion Cores will be a good idea to handle this prob, because we don't want some troubles... @Ephwurd
@JoddyFubuki788 yeah the concept is that a giant ring structure opens a wormhole to a selected destination and this wormhole generator (or jump gate in layman's terms) is fueled either by multiple fusion cores (which often get depleted after a wormhole is opened) or by a nearby star ( infinite power but high risk of energy flux which can damage the gate and cause catastrophic results, like the wormhole collapsing into a black hole)
Whoa... megajump to andromeda...??